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In 2021 You'll Enjoy Total Recall

Software will allow you to easily carry years´ worth of searchable memories-in your pocket

By Michael Myser Posted 05.17.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Humans naturally have the power to remember almost two bits of information per second, or a few hundred megabytes over a lifetime. Compared with a DVD movie, which holds up to 17 gigabytes, that´s nothing. Worse, you might easily recall the 40-year-old dialogue from Hogan´s Heroes yet forget your mom´s birthday. Or memorize reams of sports stats while spacing out on work you completed just last week.

It´s a problem that´s been bothering Gordon Bell for almost as long as he can remember.

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